Reid plans to have the Senate consider the bill before the August recess. The decision to exclude a cap on greenhouse gases is seen as a major setback for the climate change bill passed by the House last year. Obama made “cap and trade” a significant element of his environmental legislative agenda but this does not mean the efforts were good legislation.

The science behind the theory of climate change, which was the driving force behind cap and trade, is facing fundamental challenges. The credibility of researchers and institutions are in question.

The House bill includes cap-and-trade provisions strongly opposed by Farm Bureau.

The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture reached a significant milestone in 2017 – 50 years since its founding. In the beginning the Foundation focused primarily on research for advancing agricultural mechanization and technology.

The Conservation Reserve Program is a voluntary program that pays farmers and ranchers to retire environmentally sensitive cropland. Contracts for land enrolled in CRP are 10 to 15 years in length, yet USDA Farm Service Agency data recently revealed that nearly one-quarter of all land enrolled in CRP has been enrolled for more than 20 years, and 12 percent o […]